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  • The forestry & wood sector and climate change mitigation

    From carbon sequestration in forests to the development of the bioeconomy

    by Alice Roux, Antoine Colin, Jean-François Dhôte, Bertrand Schmitt ...
    Series series Matière à débattre et décider
    Forests and forestry in temperate regions face what may appear to be contradictory goals: to increase atmospheric carbon capture through sequestration in biomass and soils, while providing a growing share of the resources needed to produce essential material goods and energy for human societies as well as gradually renewing forests to enable them to adapt to future climate conditions. INRAE and ... Read more

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  • Food Dependency in the Middle East and North Africa Region

    Retrospective Analysis and Projections to 2050

    Edited by Chantal Le Mouël, Bertrand Schmitt ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This volume covers the Middle-Eastern and North African regions who are increasingly dependent on imports from abroad for covering their domestic food needs. Results of this study show that this import dependence is likely to increase further by 2050. Some sub-regions hardly reach sustainable levels; the Maghreb, Near and Middle-East could import 60 to 70% of their food needs. These results are ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Artificialized land and land take

    Drivers, impacts and potential responses

    by Maylis Desrousseaux, Béatrice Béchet, Yves le Bissonnais, Anne Ruas, Bertrand Schmitt ...
    Series series Matière à débattre et décider
    This work identifies the decisive economic and social factors in land take and its impact on the environment and agriculture. It carries out a summary of the state of knowledge – as complete as possible – of the determinants and impacts related to land take in France and attempts to identify policy tools through a multidisciplinary approach combining life sciences and economic sciences. It ... Read more

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  • Water Centric Sustainable Communities

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    Series series Natural and Built Environment Series
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